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The arts in this country exist primarily to fuel the culture industry.
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There is fire and fire: The fire that burns and the fire that gives warmth, a fire that sets a forest ablaze and the fire that puts a cat to sleep. So is it with self-love. The member that once seemed one of the wonders of the world soon becomes as homely as an old slipper. Mathew and himself gradually ceased to excite each other.
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We need cancer because, by the very fact of its incurability, it makes all other diseases, however virulent, not cancer.
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The earth is mankind's ultimate haven, our blessed terra firma. When it trembles and gives way beneath our feet, it's as though one of God's cheques has bounced.
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Every word she writes is a lie, including 'and' and 'the'.
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Gilbert Adair
Born:
December 29, 1944
Died:
December 8, 2011
(aged 66)
Bio:
Gilbert Adair was a Scottish novelist, poet, film critic and journalist.
Known for:
The Holy Innocents (1988)
The Act of Roger Murgatroyd (2006)
A Mysterious Affair of Style (2007)
And Then There Was No One (2009)
A Closed Book (1999)
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